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- A Span For All Seasons - David Denenberg provides photographs of bridges and a large inventory of suspension bridges.
www.bridgemeister.com
- Amsterdam - City of Bridges - Amsterdam Heritage provides an illustrated introduction to the legacy of bridges in the 'Venice of the North'.
www.bmz.amsterdam.nl/adam/uk/bruggen.html
- Arch Bridges over the Tamar - Photographs from Beautiful Cornwall of mainly medieval bridges spanning the river dividing Devon and Cornwall in the UK.
www.beautiful-cornwall.co.uk/arch-bridges.htm
- Bridge - English Heritage provides a glossary of bridge terms.
www.rchme.gov.uk/thesaurus/mon_types/B/70214.htm
- Bridge Building - Art and Science - Derek Locke's detailed, illustrated history of bridges across the world, with diagrammatic explanations of the basic types of bridges, examples and many links.
www.brantacan.co.uk/bridges.htm
- Bridges - Great Buildings Online provides images and information on a selection of famous bridges world-wide.
www.greatbuildings.com/types/types/bridge.html
- Bridges of Dublin - Archeire's guide to the historic bridges that join the two halves of the city: photographs and brief histories.
www.irish-architecture.com/archdublin/bridges
- Bridges of Paris - A selection of the city's more notable bridges across the Seine from Paris by the Water. Photographs with text in French and English.
www.pariswater.com/ponts/ponts.htm
- Famous Bridges of Esfahan - Expandable photographs and basic facts on the magnificent 17th-century Sio-Seh and Khaju bridges, with their two tiers of arches, from the Iranian Cultural and Information Center at Sanford University.
persia.org/imagemap/bridge.html
- Kenmare Suspension Bridge - A detailed, illustrated history of the first suspension bridge in Ireland from the town site.
www.kenmare.com/history/SUSBR.html
- Leamington Lift Bridge - Roy Brown's illustrated history of this bridge on the Union Canal in Edinburgh, built in 1896 and restored in 2002. Includes an animated image, showing the lift in action.
www.roybrown.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/leamingtonliftbridge.htm
- Living Bridges - Illustrated review by Yoshitaka Mouri in Art Watch of the Royal Academy of Arts exhibition on inhabited bridges, including historical examples and past utopian bridge plans.
www.dnp.co.jp/museum/nmp/nmp_b/watch/Oct29_e.html#3
- London Bridge - An illustrated history from Southwark Council of the first bridge over the Thames at London.
www.southwark.gov.uk/discovering/bridge.htm
- Marlow Suspension Bridge - Photographs and history of the bridge across the Thames at Marlow (UK), built 1829-32 to the design of William Tierney Clark.
www.marlowtown.co.uk/bridge.html
- Pennsylvania Historic Iron and Steel Bridges - Photographic catalog by Daniel Alward of western Pennsylvania bridges. Historic bridges spanning French Creek, Oil Creek and the Allegheny River are prominently featured.
www.venangoil.com/Bridges.html
- Ponte Vecchio, Florence, Italy - Photographs and a brief history of this medieval bridge lined with shops in both English and Italian from Italian Cities by Thais.
www.thais.it/citta_italiane/firenze/index/pontevecchio/pag_01.htm
- Pulteney Bridge, Bath - Illustrated article by Jean Manco on the shop-lined, Palladian bridge designed by Robert Adam in 1770. Part of Bath Past.
www.jams.swinternet.co.uk/Bath/Georgian/Pulteney.htm
- Rialto Bridge, Venice - Venezia Net provides a photograph and brief history of the striking, shop-lined bridge designed by Antonio da Ponte.
www.doge.it/storia/storia4i.htm
- Rochester Bridge - An illustrated history from Roman times to 1856 with references by Kevin Shewan.
www.shewan.com/rochester/bridge_1.htm
- Roman Aqueducts - A ranked and annotated listing of websites, pages and images from Bill Thayer's Lacus Curtius.
www.ukans.edu/history/index/europe/ancient_rome/E/Gazetteer/Periods/Roman/Topics/Engineering/waterworks/aqueducts/links*.html
- The London Bridge - The medieval bridge over the Thames was rebuilt in 1825 to designs by John Rennie. In 1968 the Rennie bridge was demolished and rebuilt in Lake Havasu, Arizona, which provides this popular history.
www.lakehavasu.com/cgi-bin/comtel?web-directory.mv+919827302
- The London Bridge - An illustrated history from Dragonwing of the medieval bridge now gone, which had tall houses on both sides.
midtown.net/dragonwing/col9802.htm
- The Three Bridges over Canal Grande in Venice - Illustrated descriptions of the famed Rialto and the 20th-century Scalzi and Accademia bridges, from In Venice Today.
www.invenicetoday.com/art-tour/bridges/bridges.htm
- Tower Bridge Experience - The official site gives a history of this famous Victorian bridge in London, designed by Sir Horace Jones. Visitor information.
www.towerbridge.org.uk
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